AUS vs ENG 5th Test Day 2 match prediction 14 Jan 2022

AUS vs ENG 5th Test Day 2 Predictions & Betting Tips

Australia will resume their innings against England on Day 2 of the fifth and final Test of the 2021-22 Ashes competition at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Travis Head scored a century on Day 1 to bail the Aussies out of the soup and then helped them overcome a crashing moment to ensure that the home side found themselves at the top of the game. Head’s century was further validation of the fact that Australia are a side to beat at home and England will try to break the duck on Saturday in Hobart.

AUS vs ENG 5th Test Day 2 Player Bets:

Starc to score a few runs

One of the most useful batters down the order for Australia and a clever batter par excellence, Starc’s presence helps the Aussies post a big total. He is yet to open the account in the ongoing Test but a Test average of 23.60 establishes his credentials. With 10 fifty-plus scores against his name in Test format, Starc knows how to maintain a fair record, hence you can bet on him big-time. In the ongoing Ashes, he has scores like 35, 39*, 19, 24*, 34* and that tells you about his impact. He currently averages 28.50 against England while his home average stands at 26.00. Since 2019, Starc averages 38.23 with the bat- a record any professional batter would be proud of. Australia have lost only five wickets so far, hence, he will have a lot of downtime to get to the mark required in the market. Bet big on Starc and Parimatch will reward you by doubling your money straight away.

Joe Root to be England’s top batter

Joe Root has made some strides in 2021 and amassed 1708 runs - the second-most Test runs for any batter in a year and that just tells why it is such a mindless bet to go for. In 2021, he scored at an average of 61.00 in 15 matches. As skipper, the Yorkshire batter has scored 4937 runs, averaging 47.47, with 26 half-centuries and 12 centuries, in which half the Test centuries came this year. So far in his career, as skipper, the Yorkshire batter has scored 4937 runs, averaging 47.47, with 26 half-centuries and 12 centuries, in which half the Test centuries came this year. Most of the dominance has come in the first team innings, in which Root averages 56.33 as compared to his second innings average of 41.88. In 2021 alone, his first-innings average stands at 51.14. In the ongoing Ashes, with 277 runs at an average of 34.62, he is the highest run-scorer for England as well, hence there is a lot of hope already riding on him. Hence, we are pretty confident that Root will score a lot of runs for Team England, and all of us punters can ride the wave on him with Parimatch offering some solid returns on investment.

AUS vs ENG 5th Test Day 2 Team Bets:

Australia total runs. Innings #1 over 319.5 runs

Thrice in the series already, Australia have scored over 400 runs to seize the series well in advance. In those games, their batting order from 6-11 have scored at an average of 23.45 runs per innings to ensure that the batters had a lot less burden to deal with. Now they have Alex Carey in the middle, with Mitchell Starc, with a Test average of 23.60 providing a safety net of pure pedigree, which has meant that Australia are well on course to achieve that. On Day 1 of the Hobart Test, England bowlers, despite having a nice head start, couldn’t capitalize and bowled with less than 75% of control and from the looks of it, there is hardly any change in that. The Visitors haven’t been able to put that behind and control the narrative further, and that would come down to haunt them if the push comes to shove. Hence betting big on Australia going above-par is the most likely solution and you can be a big beneficiary of the same.

My Picks:

Starc to score a few runs

Joe Root to be England’s top batter

Australia total runs. Innings #1 over 319.5